"Jac is supposed to be here": Fans react to Charlie Condon winning Golden Spikes Award 2024

College baseball fans reacted to the announcement of this year's Golden Spikes Award, which went to Georgia Bulldogs utility Charlie Condon. He beat finalists Travis Bazzana of Oregon State and pitcher Hagen Smith of Arkansas for the annual award.

It was tallied from the votes of national baseball media, select professional baseball personnel and USA baseball staff, fans and previous winners of the award. However, many fans wondered why Florida two-way player Jac Caglianone wasn't even nominated for the honor.

"Jac is supposed to be here. Change my mind," a fan wrote on the Instagram piece posted by the Golden Spikes Award, NCAA Baseball and Baseballism.

"Funny that the best player wasn’t sitting at that table. @jac.caglianone," a fan of the game added.

Another compared the Florida star with the three candidates and felt that Caglianone was snubbed by the committee determining the candidates for the annual award.

"Jac Caglianone is better than two of those dudes combined and better by the 3rd by a large margin. The biggest golden spikes snub of all time," he wrote.

One fan believed that Tennessee's Christian Moore, Caglianone and Texas A&M's Braden Montgomery were more deserving than the trio of Condon, Bazzana and Smith.

"Cags (Caglianone), Monty (Montgomery) and CMo (Moore) clear all," a baseball follower said.

"Christian Moore & Cags run circles around these guys! What a joke!!," another fan added.

One user pointed out that Condon, Smith and Bazzana didn't make it to the College World Series, compared to Caglianone, who helped the Gators make this year's CWS semifinals at the Charles Schwab Field Omaha and the national finals the year before.

"None of those guys even made it to Omaha😭😭," a baseball fan wrote.

Another fan, congratulated Georgia star Charlie Condon for a historic season for the Bulldogs.

"Congratulations @charliecondon24 Making history!!!❤️," the user said.

The USA Golden Spikes Award post has 10,366 likes as of this writing.

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Who had the better season? Jac Caglianone or Charlie Condon?

Jac Caglianone played as a pitcher and batter for Florida in the last two seasons.

Jac Caglianone had a great 2024 season for Florida. The six-foot-five lefty pitcher went 5-2 in 16 starts with a 4.76 ERA.

He pitched 73.2 innings, allowed 10 home runs and struck out 83 batters, who averaged .225 against him. His efforts helped Florida make the CWS semifinals despite a 28-27 record in the regular season.

In comparison, Georgia's Charlie Condon led the nation in batting average (.433), home runs (37), total bases (233), slugging percentage (1.009) and on-base plus slugging percentage (1.565). The first baseman/outfielder was also in the top-six nationally in on-base percentage (.556) and runs scored (84).

Georgia went 43-17 (17-13 in SEC) this season, good for the seventh seed in the NCAA Division I men's baseball tournament. However, the Bulldogs were booted out in the super regional by No. 10 seed North Carolina State, who eventually secured the College World Series ticket.

It's debatable who among Caglianone or Charlie Condon had the better season, but awarding the best player for one season is a subjective take that puts the premium on fan views.

This year's college baseball season had a lot of talents who deserved to win the Golden Spikes Award. Charlie Condon happened to have the best statistics to prove that he was the best player in the nation.

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